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Amnesty International demands U.S. suspend weapon sales and transfers to Israel Amnesty International said today that President Joe Biden and Congress should halt all weapons sales and transfers to Israel as there is “overwhelming evidence that war crimes are being committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians.” Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, […]
Ever since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israelis, followed by Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza, the Biden administration has said humanitarian assistance in Gaza is a key pillar of its approach to the crisis. But that part of the U.S. strategy now seems to be failing, as Israel’s indiscriminate attacks and barriers […]
April 2, 2024 Release Number 20240402- 01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command conducted an airdrop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on April 2, 2024, at 1:23 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation included four C-130 U.S. Air Force aircraft and U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in […]
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and forcefully pressed Israel to increase the flow of aid to ease what she called “inhumane” conditions and a “humanitarian catastrophe” among the Palestinian people. Harris’s comments were among the sharpest yet by a senior leader […]
U.S. military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, three U.S. officials said, two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops. U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined […]
President Biden said Friday that the United States would launch an airdrop campaign to deliver aid to Gaza. The announcement comes with the enclave on the brink of famine, humanitarian groups say. Aid convoys have struggled to make deliveries amid Israeli bombardment and disruptions at border crossings. Airdrops are expected to begin “in the coming […]
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. would air drop humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip to help alleviate hunger and starving triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. Biden, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, said “innocent people” have died in Gaza. He said the aid drops would start “in the coming days.” […]
As a black American woman and international development professional, my first thought when I am deployed is: “how do they perceive and treat black people there? Will I be safe?” Fortunately, I have yet to experience any overt acts of racism while overseas. However, I only needed to engage with one seasoned white male team […]
He could make clear that Israelis face a stark choice — an endless war that would only create more Hamas-like militants and turn more Americans against Israel, or the plan for “after Gaza” proposed by the Americans and Arabs, one that includes international financing for the rehabilitation of Gaza and peace with Saudi Arabia. Though […]
Americans are rightly frustrated with the humanitarian and administrative crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and in our cities, as 30 years of band-aid “fixes” to a broken immigration system have collapsed under the weight of record human displacement around the globe and across the Americas. Recent polling indicates that Americans across party lines agree that […]